The Latest Breaking News from COP26

Tentative drafts are emerging but some countries appear to be seeking to water down commitments agreed last year

For activist Laura Young, attending COP27 in Egypt has been a different experience from the summit in Glasgow a year ago – with a sense of climate…

US president Joe Biden has announced new oil and gas industry regulations, which his administration claims will plunge emissions of the greenhouse gas methane 87% below 2005 levels. This is part of an update to the Global Methane Pledge, a US-EU initiative announced at COP26, last year’s UN climate summit…

As the UN’s Cop27 summit begins in Egypt, there are warnings more must be done to avert climate breakdown

Boris Johnson warned Tories against going soft on climate change targets as he suggested that rising temperatures in Westminster may have contributed to his ousting. The former prime minister dismissed the “nonsense” of calls to resume fracking and return to fossil fuels in response to the soaring energy prices triggered…

The former Prime Minister, who resigned earlier this year following a number of scandals, is in the north African country to urge world leaders to build on the success of COP26

World leaders, climate groups and activists are meeting in Egypt to thrash out plans on how to safeguard the future of the planet

Funding urgently needed to cope with climate disasters – and to prevent distrust crashing UN negotiations

Ex-PM to contrast optimism at Cop26 last year with failures of governments – including UK – to follow through

Fossil fuels have provided a crucial source of energy over the past 200 years. But they also account for 75 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, enable massive environmental destruction and support many brutal regimes.

With war in Ukraine and a cost of living crisis, the global picture is much changed since last year’s conference